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emmitsvenson@hotmail.com wrote:
> I'm interested in running a dwarf PC. Not a Dwarf, a dwarf...a human
> with a genetic disorder that stunted his growth.
>
> Can anyone tell me if there are official rules covering this? If not,
> would creating a small-sized human be reasonable? (-2 str, +2 dex,
> slower move, AC and to-hit modifiers, etc.)
>
I had been considering making a d20Future Mutation exactly for covering
this item. d20 Future has a mutation "Enlarged Form" that I was going
to base this upon:
ENLARGED FORM [MAJOR]
You grow, becoming an freakishly large specimen of your kind.
MP Cost: 6.
Benefits: You become as large as your size category allows (8 feet tall
for Medium-size characters, 4 feet tall for Small characters). However,
you function in many ways as if you were one size category larger.
Whenever you are subject to a size modifier or special size modifier for
an opposed check (such as during grapple checks, bull rush attempts, and
trip attempts), you are treated as one size larger when it is
advantageous to you. You are also considered to be one size larger when
determining whether special attacks based on size (such as improved grab
or swallow whole) can affect you. You can use weapons designed for a
creature one size larger without penalty (for example, a Medium-size
character with this mutation can wield a Large weapon one-handed).
This mutation does not change your face or reach.
Mine was going to be something along the lines of "Diminutive Form", be
a Drawback, and have an MP Value of 4-6 (hadn't decided exactly). And
it was going to basically do the exact opposite of Enlarged Form:
You become as small as your size category allows (4 feet tall for
Medium-size characters). However, you function in many ways as if you
were one size category smaller. Whenever you are subject to a size
modifier or special size modifier for an opposed check (such as during
grapple checks, bull rush attempts, and trip attempts), you are treated
as one size smaller when it is disadvantageous to you. You are also
considered to be one size smaller when determining whether special
attacks based on size (such as improved grab or swallow whole) can
affect you. You can use weapons designed for a creature one size
smaller, or your own size, without penalty. This mutation does not
change your face or reach.
(you will note that this has NO effect upon the character's stats)
Since you're probably not using d20Modern nor d20Future and its
mutations, I would simply give the character a bonus feat for taking
this drawback. (note the mutation which is exactly the same cost as a
feat has a MP cost of 2, so theoretically, this condition could be worth
2 or 3 feats, but I think that gets a little excessive ... but I'm open
to debate on that)
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